Thread: free Windows 64-bit compiler?

Hi,
I cannot seem to find any free Windows C++ compiler that can generate 64-bit code to be run on Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition. Seems to me like both mingw and cygwin does not generate 64-bit code. I am aware that visual studio and intel compiler both have 64-bit support. But they are not free, and I have been a Linux programmer for quite a while, and would prefer gcc based solutions (icc is okay too, but Intel only offers the free version on Linux, because, presumably, only Linux programmers can be non-commercial...).

Thank you

Thank you for your replies.
I tried gcc under cygwin and got the error:

Code:

$ gcc -m64 test.c
test.c:1: sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in

the same thing happens with mingw

Has anyone successfully compiled 64-bit code with cygwin's gcc?

Thanks

ah, i see. Guess I will just work on Linux for the time being then.

Thank you

Originally Posted by cyberfish

Thank you for your replies.
I tried gcc under cygwin and got the error:

Code:

$ gcc -m64 test.c
test.c:1: sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in

the same thing happens with mingw

Has anyone successfully compiled 64-bit code with cygwin's gcc?

Thanks

i met the same error too when build in Win7 64bit, MinGW g++ version 4.5

MinGW has not till supported Win 64 bit yet ?

I think mingw-w64 is what you´re looking for. GCC for both x64 & x86 Windows! - MinGW-w64

I may be wrong about this but isn´t it possible to get the visual studio x64 compiler with the Windows SDK for free?

Try the free version of MS visual Studio.